New Hair for the New Year!!

Watch the Part 1 of the Hair Trailer HERE.

WATCH: The Evolution of Women's Hair in 4 Minutes...

At Home Hair: I Love My Oils...

These oils are all the oils in my hair arsenal right now. When I first decided definitively to go natural (March 2011) I went full steam ahead trying to learn what people used on their transitioning/natural hair. I visited hair forums, websites, Youtube channels, I bought books, got scared into staying away from using products with sulfates and parabens which I still largely do. But what immediately got me excited were all the oils. OILS. I know. It's like, why oils? I don't know really, but using natural oils had an immediate impact on my decision to go natural for whatever reason. I still to this day can't fully put my finger on why. I dropped a good amount of cash on all these oils 5 months ago, and the only one I've had to replace to date is my Sweet Almond Oil (it's light and velvety which I like so I use a good bit of it).

My essential oils are another whole breed of oils. My Sweet Basil Oil is front and center because it is my hands down favorite EO. I use it in my water/glycerin moisturizing hair spritz. I don't know why the smell of basil makes me so happy, but it does. When I first got all these oils, I turned into this mad scientist mixing different oils, conditioners and lotions. All I was missing was a white lab coat, lol. It still excites me to mix my own hair oils and conditioners. I think I have more oils than brand name hair products right now. So below are a few links to what I've learned about these oils and some of what I've experienced with them so far:

Vegetable Glycerin

How to make a Quick Vegetable Glycerin Spritz

Aloe Vera Juice

Apple Cider Vinegar Hair Rinse 

this leaves my hair feeling really smooth after I use it

Carrier Oils

Coconut Oil

Avocado Oil

WATCH: My Avocado and Mayonnaise Hair Treatment How To

Sweet Almond Oil

Safflower Oil

Grapeseed Oil

Castor Oil

Vitamin E Oil

WATCH: My DIY All Natural Sugar Skin Scrub How To

Scalp Massage with Oils How To

Taren916 (above link) uses Tea Tree Oil for her scalp massages, 

I mix almost every oil I have for my scalp massages, lol (olive, almond, safflower, avocado, scented with rosemary and peppermint) #fanatic

Essential Oils

More Essential Oils

Do you use any of these products or something different? I'd love to know your thoughts, I like learning about new hair/skin at home remedies!

Homemade Hair: Avocado Oil & Mayo Deep Treatment

I recently did an Avocado Oil and Mayonnaise deep protein treatment on my transitioning hair and I was quite pleased with the results. Check out the video below on exactly what I did:

My Transition From Relaxed to Natural (Part 1)

I've been "officially" transitioning from relaxed to natural hair since February 2011 when I finally decided I wouldn't get another relaxer. My last relaxer was October 1, 2010, one day before my cousin Brenda's beautiful New Orleans wedding. Dealing with my hair was a bit of a struggle at first, but once I discovered all the natural hair phenoms on Youtube, I was good to go with everything I was learning. I'm excited about my curly hair! Mostly because I didn't realize that I even had curly hair. I really didn't. Anyhoo, in my haste to get my vid uploaded to Youtube, I failed to do a spellcheck and I misspelled "transition" at the end, but you'll look past that won't you? And let me know what you think :)